All of Turkey's observation posts, formed under an agreement with Russia and Iran, will remain in place and support will continue to be provided to the posts, Turkish Presidential Spokesman Ibrahim Kalin said on Wednesday.
On Monday, a suspected (...)
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo acknowledged on Tuesday that Islamic State militants are gaining strength in some areas but said the militant group's capacity to conduct attacks has been greatly diminished.
"It's complicated. There are certainly (...)
Syrian government forces on Wednesday closed in on a rebel-held town in Idlib that was bombed with sarin in 2017, sources on both sides said, building on their Russian-backed gains since the collapse of a ceasefire this month.
The advance towards (...)
Israel launched in the early hours of Wednesday a rocket attack that targeted military bases in the Syrian governorate of Daraa. The attack left no human casualties, but destroyed some facilities, according the Syrian state-run television and news (...)
Syrian state television said on Wednesday that Israel struck a strategic area in southern Syria overlooking the Golan Heights where Western intelligence sources previously said Iranian-backed militias are known to be based.
The newsflash on (...)
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's assault in the northwest has been met with a painful rebel counterpunch that underlines Turkish resolve to keep the area out of his hands and shows why he will struggle to take back more of Syria by force.
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Oman's Foreign Minister made a rare visit to Syria on Sunday to discuss ways of restoring stability and security in the region with President Bashar al-Assad.
Oman is one of the few Arab countries that kept normal relations with Damascus after Syria (...)
Two government officials died on Sunday in an assassination attempt on the Lebanese Government Minister Saleh Al-Gharib, local media reported.
Al-Gharib's convoy came under fire as it passed through the mountainous village of Kabrshmoun, near the (...)
Though orientalist painters from the 18th and 19th centuries — Antoine-Jean Gros (1771-1835), David Roberts (1796-1864), Eugène Delacroix (1798-1863), Jean-Leon Gerome (1824-1904) and Gustav Bauernfeind (1848-1904), for example — were fascinated by (...)
Saudi diplomacy scored three successes in the course of two days in May.The Holy city of Mecca hosted three summits on two days in a row. On 30 May, Mecca saw an Arab emergency summit as well as another summit for the heads of states in the Gulf (...)
Washington has announced that a three-way meeting between the US, Russia and Israel will be held at the end of June to discuss the threats posed by Iran and the situation in Syria to the wider Middle East.
The meeting will also address challenges in (...)
Israel said its aircrafts struck a number of Syrian military targets on Sunday after two rockets were fired at the occupied Golan Heights.
“Two rockets were launched from Syria to Israel, one landing within Israeli territory,” Israeli forces said in (...)
The Israeli military said its aircraft struck Syrian army targets on Sunday after rockets were fired at the Golan Heights, and Syria's state media said three soldiers were killed in the second such flare-up in a week.
Syrian television reported big (...)
Saudi diplomacy scored three successes in the course of two days in May. The Holy city of Mecca hosted three summits on two days in a row. On 30 May, Mecca saw an Arab emergency summit as well as another summit for the heads of states in the Gulf (...)
“The president of the assembly, Al-Sayeda Zeinab, listens attentively to the lamentations of all the creatures, even the lament of trees lashed by the wind.”
From The Book of Illuminations by Egyptian novelist and writer Gamal Al-Ghitani (...)
The Israeli army said late on Monday that it has attacked an anti-aircraft artillery site in Syria after an Israeli aircraft was fired from the Syrian regions. Syrian state media said that one soldier was killed in an “Israeli aggression.”
"Earlier (...)
“The president of the assembly, Al-Sayeda Zeinab, listens attentively to the lamentations of all the creatures, even the lament of trees lashed by the wind.”
From The Book of Illuminations by Egyptian novelist and writer Gamal Al-Ghitani (...)
The Russian army has said the Syrian Army forces had ceased fire “unilaterally” in north western Idlib province, where the UN fears a “humanitarian catastrophe”.
“From 00:00 on 18 May, Syrian armed forces unilaterally ceased fire in the Idlib (...)
The death of former Maronite cardinal Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir on Sunday has shaken Lebanon's largest Christian sect to the core. The 98-year-old spiritual leader, born on 15 May 1920, had played a pivotal role in shaping Lebanon's modern (...)
The death of former Maronite cardinal Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir on Sunday has shaken Lebanon's largest Christian sect to the core. The 98-year-old spiritual leader, born on 15 May 1920, had played a pivotal role in shaping Lebanon's modern (...)
"The cannon is fired. It is now the time for Maghreb (sunset) prayers in Cairo, and residents who live outside Cairo must take the time difference into consideration." This is an Egyptian statement that all Egyptians know by heart.
The Ramadan (...)
Russia seems set to secure a permanent perch on the Mediterranean for the next half century after Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yury Borisov announced that Moscow was on the verge of finalising a 49-year lease on the Syrian port of Tartus following (...)
Russia seems set to secure a permanent perch on the Mediterranean for the next half century after Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yury Borisov announced that Moscow was on the verge of finalising a 49-year lease on the Syrian port of Tartus following (...)
The Syrian government decided to regulate the distribution of fuel this month, requiring citizens to ration their petrol quota to 20 from 40 litres for taxis and private cars, at a rate of 20 litres every five days for private cars and 20 litres (...)
The decade that ends this year (2010-2019) wasn't kind to the Arabs. It opened with the political explosion of widespread popular uprisings. By the time it was halfway through, oil prices had collapsed, more than a million people had died, twice (...)
